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The Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA) – a Netherlands based multidisciplinary research centre established by Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam – has a vacancy for a postdoc position in the field of frugal and inclusive business models for research in the project “Frugal Innovations and Responsible Entrepreneurship: Case Studies in the Water and Health Sectors in East Africa”. More information on the vacancy, on how to apply, and on the research project can be found at the CFIA website (http://www.cfia.nl) or at Academic Transfer (https://www.academictransfer.com).

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Preview – What are the perceptions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa? How has the ICC manifested itself in Africa? And how do African audiences perceive the Court? These are the questions that shape the forthcoming book about the ICC in Africa. By examining these and related questions, the volume highlights how the perceptions of the Court in Africa are multi-layered. It shows that the ICC’s fractious relationship with Africa is much more complex than the problematic image of a unified African continent with a common position on the ICC. Rather, it examines the interactions between African states and the ICC, but also moves beyond African states, at the societal impact of the ICC in different African communities, and beyond the ICC, at other local and regional justice mechanisms in Africa.

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On 17 October 2015 at UNESCO-IHE in Delft, the Netherlands Association of African Studies (NVAS) organizes its NVAS Africa Day to provide a platform for the presentation and discussion of research on technologies that are present in Africa or are aimed at improving life in Africa: from rope making and forging to mobile phones and solar energy.

Long Live the President! presents 60 portrait-cloths from Africa: commemorative textiles, printed for largely political reasons. They depict the main figures from the history of independent Africa, from Kwame Nkrumah in 1957 to Jacob Zuma in 2009. Included are important visitors such as Pope John Paul II and Barack Obama. The cloths serve as propaganda but also to honour the memory of a person or event. They form fascinating examples of contemporary design, social communication and historical documents in one. A concise text and unique images put this little-known subject in context.

This book is the outcome of a research program conducted by an international and multidisciplinary team of 20 scholars on the relation between indigenous spirituality and sustainable development. It reveals that there is a clash between the developmental views of modern scientific knowledge and traditional indigenous knowledge, each claiming to be better able to contribute to sustainability than the other. Some authors put more trust in modern science and others in indigenous spirituality, yet others occupy a position in between. Whatever their position, all authors hold that in principle evidence-based research can show which knowledge claim is more appropriate to bring about a better quality of life.